>I realize that this meme may sound to some (many?) like some sort of
>apocalyptic thought pattern, but we in California have had to think about
>cataclysms before (earthquakes) so thinking about means and methods of
>evacuation due to dramatic circumstances is not an exercise in whacko
>theories for us. (Do you have your earthquake kit in the trunk of your car
>yet?)
my partner, who is by no means a lefty, is the one who made the first serious noises about this last year or so.
in limpdick, we have hurricanes! I love hurricane season, even though it's pigfucker hot! I love it because I love watching people load up their "buggies" (that's limpdickese for 'shopping cart' guh) with 20 loaves of bread, 20 gallons of milk, several 1.75 liters of liquor, a case of beer, beef jerky, and knock over 95 year olds for the last 16 oz. bottle of water on the shelf.
I also severely love the numbnuts who, having observed people place duct tape Xs across their windows, do the same. Only, they're northern transplants and somehow think that they should put plastic sheeting up on the windows and then put the duct tape X across the plastic sheeting! This defeats the purpose. The duct tape X is so that, when a lawn chair is thrown against the window from a 110 mph gust, the window breaks into a manageable mess rather than millions of shards of glass. The duct tape X on the sheeting is pointless!
And, of course, I always wonder what in HELL someone is going to do with 20 gal. of milk and 20 loaves of bread if the power does go out. I suppose the goal would be to be so loaded that you don't mind sour milk and moldy bread? Sell it at jacked up prices to your neighbors? Who has room for 20gals of milk in their fridge anyway?
I wrote a mini-discourse on preparing for an impending hurricane though, especially since the first time I did it, I was staying at someone else's house and didn't know where everything was. They were out of town and mos tof our stuff was still in storage. It's pretty interesting to think of how you're going to do your daily things without relying on electricity and running water. It's perversely fun, sitting in a hushed house, listening to a shortwave radio, waiting waiting waiting for the disastrous thing to finally strike.
It's June, so Im' replenishing the hurricane survival kit. Stocking up on water and canned food.
Kelley
"We're in a fucking stagmire."
--Little Carmine, 'The Sopranos'